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Summerghand proved there is no substitute to experience as the eight-year-old struck in typically late fashion to scoop the Ayr Gold Cup. Commanche Falls looked poised to add the prestigious six-furlong handicap to the Stewards’ Cup he won in July, but he was denied in the dying strides as Scotland’s own Danny Tudhope weaved his […]
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Since May 2022, cases of monkeypox have increased globally, stirring fears of a new pandemic. A study published in the open-access journal PLOS Pathogens on September 22 by Professor Souha Kanj and colleagues at the American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon, presents synthesized descriptions of its clinical characteristics, risk factors, infection control and […]
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The average interest rate on the most popular U.S. home loan climbed to its highest level since October 2008, Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) data showed on Wednesday. Rising mortgage rates are increasingly weighing on the interest-rate-sensitive housing sector as the Federal Reserve pushes on with aggressively lifting borrowing costs in order to tame high inflation. […]
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Many consumers are looking forward to this year’s new graphics cards for their gaming capabilities, but they also introduce new tools for video encoding. Nvidia’s RTX 4000 series GPUs add one more trick to double framerates while encoding video. The Optical Flow Accelerators behind Nvidia’s new DLSS 3 feature won’t just increase video game framerates. […]
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An American Airlines passenger faces 20 years in jail after allegedly sneaking behind a flight attendant and punching him on a plane. Alexander Tung Cuu Lee, 33, was aboard a flight from San Jose del Cabo to Los Angeles on Wednesday when he is alleged to have threatened and attacked the member of staff. Lee […]
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Rugby league immortality is now tantalisingly within reach for St Helens. Never before in the Super League era has a team won four consecutive league titles; in the entire history of the sport, dating all the way back to 1895, it has been achieved only once. There have been occasions this year when one has […]
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Up to 1 in 5 women in the postpartum period will experience a mental health disorder like postpartum depression or generalized anxiety disorder. How an organization handles a mother’s return to work can have a significant impact on her mental health, according to new research from the University of Georgia. Organizations control the majority of […]
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Marks & Spencer (MKS.L) on Wednesday became the latest British retailer to again raise pay for store workers amid a cost-of-living crisis and a tight labour market. With Britain’s jobless rate at its lowest since 1974 the Bank of England is watching pay settlements closely as it mulls further rises in interest rates. M&S said […]
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A Tesla owner has seen his TikTok video about the car’s apparent shortcomings go viral. Mario Zelaya said that he had been locked out of his Tesla Model S after the battery died, which would have cost him $21,000 to replace. Zelaya, who lives in Toronto, Canada, said he paid $140,000 (Canadian) for the brand-new […]
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A young binman who punched a woman apologised afterwards as he “had not realised” she was female. Morgan Jennings, 18, had entered a shop in March this year when he saw his ex-girlfriend along with her new boyfriend and his sister. Outside he shouted at them before punching the man hard in the face, leaving […]
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